First Look: Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Attenberg

Greece’s Attenberg might be part of the lesser known titles among the twenty-two hopefuls for the 67th Venice Film Festival‘s Golden Lion, but for those keeping a watchful eye on national cinema trends, already know about about the film’s author in filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari and the film’s producer in Giorgos Lanthimos’ (filmmaker behind Dogtooth) contributions to a new brand of destabilizing Greek cinema. We’ve got your first look at Tsangari’s new film, still, a behind the scenes shot and full synopsis below.

Marina, 23, is growing up with her architect father in a prototype factory town by the sea. Finding the human species strange and repellent, she keeps her distance. Instead she stubbornly observes it through the songs of Suicide, the mammal documentaries of Sir David Attenborough, and the sex-ed lessons she receives from her only friend, Bella. A stranger comes to town and challenges her to a foosball duel, on her own table. Her father meanwhile ritualistically prepares for his exit from the 20th century, which he considers to be “overrated.” Caught between the two men and her collaborator Bella, Marina investigates the wondrous mystery of the human fauna.

Here is Lanthimos (left) and Tsangari (center) – the pair worked together on 2005’s Kinetta.